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BLUE COHOSH

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does blue cohosh mean? 

BLUE COHOSH (noun)
  The noun BLUE COHOSH has 1 sense:

1. tall herb of eastern North America and Asia having blue berrylike fruit and a thick knotty rootstock formerly used medicinallyplay

  Familiarity information: BLUE COHOSH used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


BLUE COHOSH (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Tall herb of eastern North America and Asia having blue berrylike fruit and a thick knotty rootstock formerly used medicinally

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

blue cohosh; blueberry root; Caulophyllum thalictrioides; Caulophyllum thalictroides; papoose root; papooseroot; squaw root; squawroot

Hypernyms ("blue cohosh" is a kind of...):

bush; shrub (a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems)

Holonyms ("blue cohosh" is a member of...):

Caulophyllum; genus Caulophyllum (blue cohosh)


 Context examples 


Blue cohosh root contains a variety of compounds, including the alkaloid N-methylcytisine and the saponin caulosaponin.

(Blue Cohosh Root, NCI Thesaurus)



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